CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings October 10, 2013
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] here we go. The committee will come to order. On january 27, 1838, a young state legislator named Abraham Lincoln spoke before a gathering in springfield, illinois. At the time, america was a deeply divided nation. Lincoln warned that the greatest threats to the young democracy were internal. He said, quote if danger ever reaches us, it m...